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Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Disciplinary Sector:
Spanish Language and Translation
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
In order to access this class, students need to have oral and written comprehension and production skills corresponding to Level A2 of CEFR for Spanish. In order to sit the exam for this class, students must have passed the 1st year exam of Spanish Language.
Objectives
Contents The course aims at:
Reaching the level B1 of CEFR and of metalinguistic competences associated to the B1 level
Learning how to use dictionaries
Learning basic translation competences Spanish-Italian and Italian-Spanish
Extended Syllabus Assessment for this module consists of a written and an oral exam.
The written exam consists of:
a test based on B1 level
a translation from Italian into Spanish and from Spanish into Italian
The oral exam consists of:
B1 level conversation
Metalinguistic knowledge of B1 level
Readings (see above)
Recommended Bibliography Bibliography
REFERENCE GRAMMAR
Gramática básica del estudiante de español (ed. Difusión) (Any edition is ok. Excercises until B1 level)
THEORY
LETI. Lengua española para traducir e interpretar (F. San Vicente, G. Bazzocchi). Ed. CLUEB
Just the following chapters:
1) ¿Qué español debo aprender para saber castellano? La unidad en la variedad y la variedad de la unidad
2) La gramática: instrumento clásico profundamente renovado
3) Los recursos lexicográficos en el aula de L2 y de traducción. Los diccionarios bilingües
4) El español de los jóvenes
READINGS
Students need to read 3 books among the following:
- El invierno en Lisboa (Antonio Muñoz Molina)
- La casa de los espíritus (Isabel Allende)
- Como agua para chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
TEAMS
Students will have to consult and study all materials that will be given during the lessons and will be available on TEAMS (section FILES)
OTHER REFERENCES
LANGUAGE
Competencia gramatical en uso. Nivel B1. Libro del alumno (ed. Edelsa)
Competencia gramatical en uso. Nivel B1. Claves (ed. Edelsa)
DICTIONARIES
Dizionario monolingue consigliato: Diccionario Clave
Dizionario bilingue consigliato: Il Grande Dizionario di Spagnolo (Zanichelli)
Teaching Methods The course consists of: (a) classes held by the instructor(s); (b) practical sessions held by the lector(s).
The classes offered by the instructor(s) are both lectures (aimed at providing the necessary theoretical background) and seminars (with students' active participation).
The practical sessions with the lector(s) are highly interactive and are necessary to acquire the language skills needed to successfully complete the final exam.
For these reasons, attendance of both the instructors' and lectors' classes is strongly recommended.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
Assessment for this module consists of a written and an oral exam.
The written exam consists of:
a test based on B1 level
a translation from Italian into Spanish and from Spanish into Italian
The oral exam consists of:
B1 level conversation
Metalinguistic knowledge of B1 level
Readings (see above)
Contacts/More Information SYLLABUS VALIDITY
The syllabus is valid for the whole 2022/2023 academic year (until the exam session of January/February 2024). For the final grade to be officially registered, students must have successfully completed all the parts of the exam by the last session of the 2022-2023 academic year.
NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS
The syllabus is the same for all students, whether attending or not: non-attending students will autonomously revise and practice the contents of the bibliography, possibly integrating it with the additional recommended reference material.
INSTRUCTORS' OFFICE HOURS
Information about office hours can be found here:
https://www.lingue.unich.it/node/6857
Students are kindly requested to regularly check the page for date/time changes.
LECTOR SESSIONS
The language skills are developed and practiced during the practical sessions with the lector(s). Attendance of these sessions is therefore essential in order to reach the target language level and for oral and written exam preparation. All information regarding lector sessions are available on cla.unich.it.
LECTOR'S OFFICE HOURS
The lector's office hours can be found here: https://cla.unich.it/offerta-didattica/ricevimento-studenti